Etonogestrel-releasing contraceptive implants in women with sickle cell disease significantly reduced pain intensity and frequency of pain crises over 12 months, with no adverse changes in metabolic ...

Perimenopausal women face increased pregnancy-related risks, necessitating continued contraceptive use until menopause is confirmed. Healthy women can use combination hormonal contraceptives until mid ...

The ENG implant is an outstanding contraceptive option for almost all women. As stated earlier, effectiveness rivals tubal sterilization, yet the method is completely reversible. The key feature that ...

A Cochrane Systematic Review that set out to assess the effectiveness and tolerability of subdermal implantable contraceptives compared to other reversible methods of contraception found that they ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Women who received a contraceptive implant 30 minutes, 72 hours or 6 weeks after delivery all achieved ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - More than 90 percent of women who opt for long-term reversible forms of birth control keep using them for at least six months, a new study found. Those birth control ...

Etonogestrel 68 mg; implantable rod; latex-free. Implanon is a single implantable rod that contains the synthetic progestin, etonogestrel, which is a metabolite of desogestrel. The contraceptive ...

Nexplanon (etonogestrel) is a prescription birth control implant that’s used to help prevent pregnancy for up to 3 years. The Nexplanon implant can interact with other medications and some supplements ...

WASHINGTON - Implantable contraceptives soon will be available again to U.S. women seeking a long-term solution to birth control, with the approval of a matchstick-size rod that can prevent ...

Irving-based chemicals producer Celanese Corp. is developing a prototype for a refillable contraceptive implant that would be particularly beneficial to women in low- and middle-income countries. The ...

The birth control implant is sold under the brand name Nexplanon. Here's how it prevents pregnancy and what to expect during ...